ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,248, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Connector assembly for fitting a first connector and a second connector upon rotation of a lever member" was invented by Akira Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly includes a first connector having a first insulator and a first contact, a second connector having a second insulator and a second contact and fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction, a lever member rotatably held by one of the first insulator and the second insulator, a push member used to press the first contact and the second contact agai...